China has so many cultural / historical sites. A lot to be discovered and some sites are protected. The vast history of China just shows how amazing China really is. Very rich in culture and it's thousands years of heritage, history. Simply amazing.

@nickinchina2552

2 жыл бұрын

couldn't agree more! There are endless things to find here - wonderful country to travel.

There are countless great sceneries and historical sites all over China. You need to be young, healthy and have a pair of strong legs to go and see these beautiful places. And yes you need time to travel to these far flung places. It will take you many years and you will still find you have not covered all. This is China.

@nickinchina2552

2 жыл бұрын

Yep, let's see how much i can see before i get to old and my legs stop working ha

Wow, what an absolute beauty! Love everything you showed here, be it ancient architectures, intricate furnitures, jade-like river and those spectacular drone shots, etc. Thanks!

@jessicaw8682

2 жыл бұрын

Oh, love the intro too, including the music :)

@nickinchina2552

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks again! More on the way. The river is the most amazing colour! Doesn't look real!

The drone footage and the music made this video simply amazing. It was a joy to watch while eating my supper. Thanks again.

@nickinchina2552

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Steve! There will be some nice drone footage in some upcoming videos!

I really love these ancient towns in Southern China, in my opinion they're the best representatives of China, an invaluable cultural heritage. Would love to visit them if I have the chance.

@nickinchina2552

2 жыл бұрын

Zhenyuan is well worth a visit, hope you get there some day!

The natural scenery was pretty. The ancient town was a beauty.

@nickinchina2552

2 жыл бұрын

What a location! The colour of the river too!

So beautiful. Thanks for sharing this magnificent site.

@nickinchina2552

2 жыл бұрын

Very welcome :)

i want to say you are the best youtuber about China - show the real China which not seen other youtuber don't show

@nickinchina2552

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for that, really appreciate it! More to come :D

The place looks beautiful. The drone footage at the start of the vid was really spectacular.

@nickinchina2552

2 жыл бұрын

really good place Josh, worth the trip out there!

Zhenyuan is one of my favorite spots in China. Glad you got a chance to visit.

@nickinchina2552

2 жыл бұрын

It was surprisingly nice, the riverside is just amazing! I will get down to Xishuangbanna soon i think....

@Eric_Garrison

2 жыл бұрын

@@nickinchina2552 when you do, figure out how to get out jinghong. It’s not so interesting there, go towards mengla or puer or something that interests you, I’m sure you will.

Nice video

Great video, BEAUTIFUL scenery. I love those ancient places with a lot of history, you do a good job with explaining the historical background. But you're right a lot of those "ancient" places are "rebuild" new old tourist spots. The best way to spot the real ancient parts is to look at the floor stones, the big handcarved(you still can see the grooves) big hard stone slabs which are polished by the millions of feet walking across the surface. Also real ancient stone walls have somewhat irregular stones while the newbuilt stones are very smooth and regular, the same is true for the walls. You can bring the Nescafe coffeedrink bottles along with you as an emergency ration, you probably know what I'm talking about. I miss going to China very much but you know why it's not possible to visit yet.

@nickinchina2552

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! Nescafe is the last resort haha. Hopefully you can visit again soon, i also really want to get back to the UK soon and see family and friends - hopefully next year

Don't miss the 3 Gorges Boat ride up to the 3 Gorges Dam., Will be a trip of a lifetime !

Really beautiful and reminicent

Beautiful, thank you🌺

@nickinchina2552

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it! And yeh, unbelievably photogenic place...

What an amazing old town!

@nickinchina2552

2 жыл бұрын

Yeh, one of the best i've been to in China - great place!

Really beautiful indeed! Nick has been to many places which I have never visited in China.

@nickinchina2552

2 жыл бұрын

This place is worth a visit if you have chance!

It brought back a lot of my memory. I was there in 2012 but seems that I missed a lot of interesting spots. Great video Nick, totally enjoyed it 👍👍👍!

Nice！

China is wonderful land

@nickinchina2552

10 ай бұрын

beautiful place this

Wow…..a worthwhile place to visit I reckon.

@nickinchina2552

2 жыл бұрын

Yep, you reckon correct! Very nice little town

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Beautiful place! The architecture in Guizhou looks so unique, it's like a mixed characteristics of Han and ethnic minorities。。

@nickinchina2552

2 жыл бұрын

Yeh, and everything is nestled in the mountains - beautiful part of the country

Zhenyuan Biaoju refers to this town? Anyway, this is a famous ancient town and it is worth exploring. Great video. Thank you, brother.

@syf4187

2 жыл бұрын

镇远镖局Zhenyuan Biaoju is not a town, it is an ancient Chinese bodyguard organization, more like the armed escort now

when are you coming back bro?

@nickinchina2552

10 ай бұрын

i'm back! sorry it has been a long time

Will definitely spend time in Guizhou province next opportunity. Only experience was one night in Nanning, alighting overnight train from Hanoi waiting for next train west to Yunnan.

@nickinchina2552

2 жыл бұрын

do it, do it, do it! Cool part of the country, you won't regret it. Super humid in summer though!

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:) THUMB-UP

Nice place, I prefer real ancient architecture, too.

@nickinchina2552

2 жыл бұрын

Really lovely town, great place to spend a few days.

How do you get there? Do you take a car or bus from Kaili? Thx!

@nickinchina2552

3 ай бұрын

I think i went from Guiyang via the train. about 4 hours...no high-speed train to zhenyuan yet

The recent terrible floods in Germany wreaked the most havoc on villages situated on the river bends of the Rhine. I wonder what ancient/modern engineering infrastructures zhenyuan has for flood management

Wow! The opening scene music is a variation on the Game of Thrones theme. Know the musician? This is a beautiful town.

@nickinchina2552

2 жыл бұрын

It is a bit GoT...but i actually just got it from Artlist

Hey brother! I don't know if you will see this but I am thinking about studying the Chinese language at Guizhou university because the amazing scenery and cheap prices, is it easy to find buses or transportation to these scenic places or is car rental a must?

@nickinchina2552

7 ай бұрын

Guizhou is great! the main places are linked up by high speed rail - Fast and very affordable. Outside of that, buses and slow trains go everywhere. You will enjoy it!

Looks like Fenghuang Ancient Town, which maybe is a bit more interesting.

@nickinchina2552

2 жыл бұрын

Not as touristy as Fenghuang - but actually very nearby, just across the border

The old is indeed charming, but I would forgive the “new old”. It is the culture and heritage that people are holding onto, and renewing. You will often find an ancient building that is in its third or fourth reincarnation in China, destroyed in wars or fire, rebuilt in good times, claiming still the same thousand years of heritage. Unlike the Roman Empire that left the ruins inspiring the “romantic feeling” of the past grandeur, the Chinese live in the present. The Chinese culture is not just inherited, but lived.

@nickinchina2552

2 жыл бұрын

Oh i get that, i was referring more to brand new things (not rebuilds of something that was lost)

Is that BGM from GoT？

@nickinchina2552

2 жыл бұрын

Haha! No...but i see where you are coming from

I think there is lot of mosquitoes 🦟 How do they get managed. ?!!!!